Port of Beira
The Port of Beira is located on the east coast of the African continent, 20 km from the open sea and to the left of the Púnguè estuary. The Port of Beira comprises 12 piers, whose depths vary from eight to ten meters.
In the 1980s and 1990s, the Beira Corridor benefited from 76 projects financed by international cooperation, with a total value of US$500 million. These multiple projects made this port one of the most modern in Africa, with highlights including the dredging of the canal, the construction of modern container and oil terminals, as well as the Beira-Machipanda rail link.
The access channel to the Port of Beira has a minimum width of 135 m in straight sections and at the Macuti curve the width varies from 200 to 300 m, while the length of the access channel is 28 km.
The depths of the quays vary from 10.00m in General Cargo including coal (TCC8), 12.00m in the container terminal, while the oil terminal is 13.50m.
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Container and Multipurpose Terminal
As part of the CFM privatization process, Cornelder B.V. (a Dutch company) was chosen to form a joint venture with CFM to operate the container and general cargo terminals at the Port of Beira. To this end, Cornelder de Moçambique SARL was created and registered, with Cornelder B.V. holding 70% of the shares and CFM holding 30%.
The infrastructure comprises a pier measuring 645 meters in length and a depth of 12 meters along the projected pier.
The terminal has two ship-to-shore container gantry cranes with a 36-meter reach and the capacity to handle containers of 20, 40 and 45 feet, as well as a maximum lifting capacity of 50 tons at the hook and 40 tons at the spreader. A rail-mounted gantry crane for loading and unloading railcars is operating in the container enclosure, which covers a total area of 200,000 square meters.
The facility has 144 reference points and a granite storage area. There are also two covered warehouses, each covering an area of approximately 11,000 square meters. The terminal's projected capacity is 100,000 TEU per year.
Equipped with modern equipment and more than 30 computers, conditions are created for greater control, speed and efficiency in cargo handling.
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General Cargo Terminal
This terminal comprises four berths with a total length of 670 meters and a depth of between eight and 10 meters. The storage area includes five covered warehouses, with a total capacity of 15,000 square meters, in addition to ample paved space. Mobile equipment consists of numerous light and heavy forklifts, tractor trailers, and trailers. There is also a pneumatic spillway for grains, with an estimated unloading capacity of 200 tons per hour. This terminal has an installed capacity to handle 2,300,000 tons of various cargoes.
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Cold Storage Terminal
The Citrus Cold Storage Terminal is a joint venture between CFM and the Zimbabwean company Watertight Investments. This facility is equipped with cold storage chambers with capacities of 1,100 tons and 490 tons, respectively, as well as electric forklifts for cargo handling and storage.
Terminal de Combustíveis
Located at Pier 12, the modern oil terminal, opened in 1994, has the capacity to load and unload tankers of 500 to 50,000 DWT and 500 to 2,500 DWT, respectively. The terminal system consists of four pipelines: one for fuel, three for diesel, and one for jet oil and petroleum. This terminal handles 400 tons of fuel per hour and has an installed capacity of 3,000,000 tons per year.
